Key Expert 3: Environmental expert

EU funded technical assistance project: Bridging inequalities through greener municipalities, South Africa

DAI is currently preparing a tender for the project in subject and is recruiting a Key Expert 3: Environmental expert with an expected input of 820 working days (of which maximum 120 working days can be home based) across 4 years of project implementation, starting indicatively on 1st October 2026.

The overall objective of the "Bridging inequalities through greener municipalities" project is to help four selected municipalities, one in each of the following provinces: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal to transition toward inclusive, low-carbon and climate-resilient service delivery systems that improve equitable access to essential services, create green livelihood opportunities, and contribute to South Africa’s just transition and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The specific objectives of this contract are as follows:

Objective 1: To enhance the performance/effectiveness and resilience of municipalities;

Objective 2: To facilitate municipal-level green investments by aiming at developing four (4) bankable, pipeline ready project concepts—covering water, energy, waste management, and sanitation;

Objective 3: To increase inclusive and gender-sensitive resilience and response capacity to Climate Change enhanced by community civic engagement and awareness on green social and economic benefits and opportunities

The Key Expert 3: Environmental expert candidate should comply with the following qualifications and general and specific professional experience criteria:

Qualifications and skills:

1) Educational Qualifications required: Masters in any one of the following fields: Environmental Studies, Urban Development.

2) In place of the master’s, 5 years additional professional work experience will be required in addition to a bachelor’s degree.

3) Fluency in English,

4) Proven knowledge of the South African legislative environment in the local government would be an added advantage.

General professional experience:

5) At least 6 years working experience in the drafting and implementation of plans that have a focus on Climate-resilient and sustainable urban environment or Renewable Energies or Disaster risk reduction mechanisms or resilience enhancing mechanisms.

Specific professional experience:

6) At least 1 experience as long-term expert working with development financial institutions on projects that have to do with either water, energy, sustainable waste management or sanitation from concept stage to bankability.

7) At least 1 experience implementing an environmental project that had a gender, social inclusion and stakeholder engagement focus in a lower/middle income country similar to South Africai.

8) At least 1 experience as short-term expert for at least 12 months in implementation of a project that is either solid waste disposal and treatment installations or Water supply and sanitation networks or Renewable Energies in a lower/middle income country similar to South Africa.

The interested candidates are invited to submit their CVs in English no later than 20th of June 2026!

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!